MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 25 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Fanshen Cox delivers her address on using storytelling to build inclusion, on day two of the forum. Chancellor Mnookin addresses the Diversity Forum attendees. Stave Robbins delivers the keynote address on the first day of UW-Madison's 2024 diversity forum. The talk was titled "Your Brain is Good at Inclusion... Except When It's Not." About 6  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 25 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on the Tulsa City Council to stand firm in its commitment to inclusivity and resist pressure from Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, Superintendent Ryan Walters and other Christian nationalists to restrict opening invocations after a pagan prayer was delivered at a recent board meeting. "If the council is going to start with prayer,  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 25 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation will contact every Texas public school district to urge rejection of the bible-infused curriculum that the Texas Educational Agency has narrowly approved. The earliest this curriculum could go into effect is next August. While religion is not part of the entire curriculum, the so-called "Bluebonnet Learning" unnecessarily introduces re  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 25 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: Photo by Vasily Koloda on Unsplash A national state/church watchdog has successfully defended the constitutional rights of students by stopping prayer at an Illinois high school's graduation ceremony. A concerned community member informed the Freedom From Religion Foundation some months ago that the May 19 graduation ceremony at Cowden-Herrick High School in the Cowden-H  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 25 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is raising the alarm about Russell Vought's return as director of the Office of Management and Budget in the second Trump administration. Vought's tenure as OMB director from 2020 to 2021 and his actions since make it clear that his leadership would entrench a Christian nationalist agenda in the federal government undermining the const  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 25 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: UW-Madison students Eliana Cook and Marin Danz collect data as part of a wild rice study at Allequash Lake near the Trout Lake Research Station south of Boulder Junction, Wis., on July 30. For the first time, UW-Madison has topped $1.7 billion in research expenditures. Photo: Bryce Richter The University of Wisconsin-Madison has moved up two places to sixth out of 920 public and private univers  more

KENOSHA, Wisconsin, Nov. 26 -- The University of Wisconsin Parkside campus issued the following news: The University of Wisconsin-Parkside and the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) colleges have forged a new articulation agreement designed to facilitate a smooth transition for graduates from any WTCS institution into UW-Parkside's online Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management and Technology (HIMT) from WTCS' Associate of Applied Science in Health Information Technology (HI  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 25 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: The Reedsburg Area Medical Center hosted a brief reception with hospital leadership and UW-Madison alumni on staff to welcome Chancellor Mnookin, along with state Rep. Tony Kurtz, Vice Chancellor Bob Golden, Dean Linda Scott, Assistant Dean Beth Martin on Friday, Nov. 22. Photo by Katie McMullen/UW-Madison As in most regions of Wisconsin, Badgers have a strong presence throughout the Driftless   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 26 -- World Council of Credit Unions issued the following news release: * * * WOCCU advocacy efforts result in changes that streamline licensing for credit union payment services, expand foreign currency funding options for united credit unions * * * Months of advocacy efforts by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and World Council of Credit Unions' (WOCCU) Credit for Agriculture Producers (CAP) and GROW Projects in Ukraine, and WOCCU's tw  more